All dressed up and no place to go

All dressed up and no place to go

This month, I will have reached the 3/4-century milestone. That means I have survived 7.5 decades of fashion trends… from poodle skirts and saddle shoes to mini skirts and go-go boots, all the way through bell bottoms, purple sunglasses, afro perms, and Birkenstocks. In the eighties, I survived my teenage daughter’s mile-high bangs that required a can of Aqua Net every time she walked past a mirror, while my son was a yuppie who wore only design…